Job Summary
To support clergy and lay leaders in Larger Single Parishes (LSPs) to adapt to a more collaborative and sustainable models of missional ministry, through which lay people are equipped, released, and confident in using their gifts for mission.
You will work in partnership with colleagues in a Ministry Leadership Development sub team chaired by the Ministry, Learning and Development Lead.
Main Responsibilities
* Work closely with Team Rectors and Change Leads to identify the support needed for them and their Clergy Leadership Teams.
* Create reflective space to help leaders reimagine leadership as collaborative and enabling, rather than clergy-centred
* Prioritise issues of clergy well-being, ministry (or leadership) in clergy vacancy, and navigating change.
* Encourage and facilitate theological reflection on ministry and leadership, engaging constructively with deeply held and differing theological convictions.
* Facilitate Team Rectors and clergy to establish effective clergy and lay leader 121s.
Advocacy for deprived communities
* Advocate for churches in areas of high deprivation, so that their voices, needs, and strengths shape diocesan priorities and resourcing.
* Broker and nurture mutual, mission-focused partnerships between these churches and more resourced parishes, fostering shared learning, discipleship, and collaboration.
* Actively contribute to a shared discernment of what it means to be a church that is fit for mission in deprived communities
* Build links with regional and national networks ( Eden, NECN), enabling parishes to access resources, funding, and shared learning
Oversight and direction for leadership development, coaching, and team formation
* Line manage and support a Project Officer, providing clarity of direction, prioritisation, and alignment with Fit for Mission strategy.
* Guide the development of training that equips clergy for collaborative, lay-enabled ministry
* Ensure all leadership development and training is contextually appropriate, including for mission in deprived communities.
* Support and influence leadership development among Change Leads and Team Rectors, encouraging peer support and shared learning.
Anticipated tasks include:
* Direct and oversee the project oversee the project officer to establish and deliver training and coaching for CLTs and LLTs in the LSP.
* Meet regularly with clergy for mentoring and support conversations. Signpost to coaching and other forms of support and training.
* Facilitate team discussions with clergy and local leadership teams around cultural change priorities.
* Provide practical advice and encouragement, especially when leaders are isolated or under pressure
* Work with clergy to shift culture from clergy-led to shared leadership models and to rethink patterns of ministry
* Connect churches in deprived areas with other churches and external networks
* Feed insights from parishes into diocesan discussions and planning
* Speak up for the needs of churches in deprived communities
* Guide theological reflection in meetings and training
* Share learning across the diocese to build good practice
Line manage a Project Officer, overseeing
* Commissioning of training for clergy on collaborative ministry within the LSPs.
* Commission or work with others to deliver training sessions or programmes
* Coordinate a coaching offer for clergy and leaders
* Brief and support external coaches or facilitators
Monitor effectiveness and adapt the offer where needed
PLEASE SEE ATTACHED RECRUITMENT PACK FOR PERSON SPECIFICATION AND FURTHER DETAILS.